Comments on: Volkswagen Diesel-Hybrid Golf, At What Price?

By: Al gibson

Al gibson — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:09:34 +0000

wow! this article is way old and misleading... TDI- hybrid in 09?
it's late 2010 almost 2011 and nothing.
diesel-hybrid must come out soon.

the people should be outraged

By: Don Pooper

Don Pooper — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:48:31 +0000

Well, a couple of years has passed since I first saw this thread. No VW TDI hybrids. Just some stoopid coupe design. WTF, VW? Give me a f*cking Golf and/or Jetta TDI Hybrid!!! I will gladly pay the additional price cuz I’m a rich sumbitch! I don’t wanna drive no stoopid Porsche Cayenne Hybrid nonesense cuz the tree huggers in Ann Arbor, MI will get jealous and probably throw dung at me as I drive by their little mini-gardens of pot on my way to work.
Just build the TDI Hybrid (Tourag would be nice, too) and I’ll buy 3 of them at any price. Just do it cuz you’re losing market share. I know you sell more cars worldwide than anybody, but why not steal some more market share from Toy-rota and Hon-do-it. Why not, I ask, why not??? Grow a pair for Chr*st’s sake!

By: Max Cassidy

Max Cassidy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:16:52 +0000

You were wrong.

By: Mark W

Mark W — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:17:00 +0000

It’s funny that many in the states sill perceive diesels as nothing more than black smoke puffing rattle boxes. Once the public becomes informed about modern clean diesels they will realize how economical and efficient they are.

By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:41:28 +0000

Why should anyone even have a criticism about turbo-diesel hybrids. If cost is a problem, whether it’s the cost of the car or the fuel, remember that’s YOUR problem. This is not meant for the usual uninformed pennypinchers who make very little money unless they happen to work for the car company itself.

By: just me

just me — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:51:19 +0000

I’ve like to know if Governments like Germany in this case pump lots of money to these companies to develop this amazing technologies. As we know big 2.25 American companies get huge amounts of money from the government just for even coming up with an idea. I currently own the new Jetta TDI and also owned an older TDI amazing cars. I don’t see another gasser on my driveway ever again. For those of you not familiar with diesel tech did you know that in the event of an accident your diesel will not catch fire due to an accident, diesel is not flammable by itself there has to be a factor for diesel to catch fire something to think about next time you decide to buy a car big safety factor.

By: mike1

mike1 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:00:39 +0000

Affordablity is stiil a huge issue with alternativ hybrids especially now that the gas prices are heading south again.
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By: David jones

David jones — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:38:24 +0000

GM does have another Hybrid SUV it is a Tahoe. Where have you been? If you look a little further you will also notice that the Silverado is being produced as a Hybrid and should be availabe later this year.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:39:02 +0000

In the future people will dream big fantastic dreams about using solar panels to power air compressors to “air up” their cars. When the world population doubles from where it is at today and every single person (even people outside the USA and Europe; the majority of the worlds population) wants to buy a car to drive, and every single one of these cars is going to need to be “aired up”, solar panels may not cut it. Unless you never want to see the sun again .

People think of fossil fuels as the root of all evil nowadays. The only problem is that in order to sustain the the lifestyles that we take for granted (in the developed world), we need something that actually produces an enorous amount of energy, such as gasoline, diesel, coal, nuclear (oh no you didn’t just say the “n” word), or hydrogen (boom hear comes the boom).

Americans especially (don’t worry I am just as guilty as the next person) like to own and drive their own personal car and commute an hour to and from work. Correct me if I’m wrong but this is probably not the best use of a precious resource such as gasoline or diesel.

My opinion is that VW has the right idea for the short term, but mass public transit is the future of transportation. Efficiency on large scale!!!! Victory is mine!

By: Kai Green

Kai Green — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:52:42 +0000

Air Powered Cars are the way forward. No need for batteries; No need for consumables such as Petrol, Diesel, and whatever other fuel sources that may be used in Fuel Cell vehicles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4&eurl=http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/videos/air-borne-cars/

If in the future.. we could organize our societies to run solar panel arrays to power air compressors in order to fill these babies up for free… then imagine the social changes?!?